Well last night's LOST episode ended with a bang, didn't it? Widmore returning to the island? To what end? Is he there to take it over again? Is he there to kill Ben (and maybe even everyone else)?
Besides the surprise ending, Ben-centric episodes are always a good exercise in character exploration. It was nice to see off-island Ben redeem himself for his sins against Alex and to see on-island Ben admit that he's basically just as lost as the other castaways (no pun intended).
Finally, it was nice to see some of the group coming back together - to see Jack and Hurley reunite with Sun and Frank. As the episodes wind down, I want to see more and more of the original castaways joining forces.
And, of course, the biggest question is: if Jacob touched Richard and made him immortal, did he also make Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Sayid, Jin, Sun and Hurley immortal as well? It appears that Sayid died and came back as Smokey though, so does that put a crimp in the whole "immortal" theory? It's up for debate.
ABC has released a sneak peek for next week's new episode, which will be airing on March 16.
he didn't make richard immortal. but richard can't kill himself, so that's why he needed jack to light the fuse for him. where does it look like sayid came back and took the form of Smokey? did you not see Smokey Locke in the episode when he helped Ben?